Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

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and an aggregate daily capacity Of about
400 200 fees. These nails, with their
yards, whaFvsa and other property, are
Of great value.
81 factories for the making Of farni-
ture. sash and doors, m0uidings, etc,
there are > number, the occupation OF
whieh. a. also that Of the sawmslls. u
found chiefly 10 supplying the demsnd
ia the city Of Seattle and absut Poget
sound.
RAILROADS.
King county has q system Of railroads
already qaite extensive. insladiHg llo
miles Of nnished road.
The original or first road was that OF
the Columbia & Puget Sound Company,
from Seattle to Newcastle. 10 this has
since been added the Cedar River II
tension, from Renton to franklin.
These two sections OF Railroad are OF
thre feet gage, forty-fouF miles IN
length, and they cost tbs company, with
their terminal property aBd rolling
stock, 81 $4,000. This road has long
been known as tie best paying line OF
railroad in the country.
Tbs same interest," that owns the road
to Newcastle and krankliR also owns
the Paget SOand Shore Line, 3 standard
gage road from Seattle TO stuck Juno
tiOn, twenty fouf miles long. THIS road,
With no rolling stock, cost It's baiiders
$4,000. Is Is operated in q comoina-
sion manner, by the Calambis& Puget
So1nd Company, With the stock Of the
Northern PAnific and Oregon Railway
Il Navigation Companies.
Fifty miles Of the Cascade Division OF
the Northern Pacific lie In King county.
This road cost at least $50. 0Oo mile, or
81, SOC, 900. The connection Seattle has
with this road Is by the Paaet Sound
shore Line 10 PuyaIlup. The building
of a section of seven miles from the
Cedar River Extension will give Seattle
q more direct connection, and shorter
by thirty miles. The building Of this
shoFt line has been repeatedly promised
by the owners of the q. 4 Z. ). and +.
\. 5 roads, aud that they will soon md
il TO their interest to fill this little gap Is
plain.
Tue railroads Of King county are as.
sisting greatly in the development Of the
c0anty's resources. They are causing
the baildiuR Of towns, the taking of Gov
eminent iand ana the Improvement Of
farms, the opening of e1al mines and
logglsR camps, aud the general spread
OF owl ltion. Including shop and yard
men. section hands, train msu, ofhsIals,
etc., this system of railroads will give
constant employment 30 four hundred
men.
In addition 20 these lines, many Others
are contemplated, several Of which viii
soon be IN course of esnstfuctiOn. The
COlam0ia a. Puget Soand Will probably
be extended 20 the Snoqaalmie Valley.
10 tee extreme eastern portion OF tbs
county. The Seattle, Lake Shore 4
eastern, another projected ilne, starting
from SEATTLE viii follow the northern
shore line OF Lakes Uuion and Washing
ton, extending thence 10 an eastefly d.
reotion 20 the extensive coal aud iron
helds whose devsl ,pment IA 50 anxtously
awaited. The projected liae Il the Bsl-
bingham Bay Railway a Navigation
Company will run In a noTtheFly diFec
tion from SEATTLE D an eventual oouneo-
tton with the Canadian Pacitie.
RIvERs AND LAKES.
No porliou OF the country OF like ex-
tent has better approach to the water
than King OOanty. Vashon Island, one
section Of the oonnty, has 3 frontage
Of 30 miles on Paget Sound, and the
remainder Of the county has frontage
OF 30 miles on the same. Besides, the
DaWamish and White Rivera have =
navigable length 81 30 miles; aud IA al
dition, Lakes Union, Washington aud
Samauiah have q oOmbined length OF
81 miles, and frontage Of about 70
niles, and Black, Samamish aud Sao-
quAlmis rivers are nsvigAbic for 35 milas
Ia other words, producers u King C0uH-
~ can reach $50 miles OF nsvigable
waters leading out to she sea, thus max
ing them practically independent OF ex-
sOrtianaie railroad companies. 1his IL
a blessing impossible OF ovef-estima-
ton, and one that should be daily con-
sidered by the Eastern home-seeker be-
fore hnaiiy casting his lot.
The rivers named now through valley
lands 0f the richest possible character,
eapabls OF toe highest degree OF euitivS
ton, aud oapable OF producing enorm-
Gus yields OF grasses, grains, vegetables
and fruits. These valley lands are
lightsy wooded. the clearing costing
about fifteen dollars al acre, aud when
cleared worth $50 an acre. Improved
farms have been sold 81 upwards Of
500 an acre, and small desirable tracts
occasionally a dJubis that prioe. Fnat
thess prices are not high may be readily
imagined ~nsn the reader remembers
that single years ptodt on ona acre
IN hops has over and over aaain been
$50 snd 500. Hay lands viii also
pay hsR interest ca an sRvestment Of
500 per aers. While the more 30
cessibie and desirable farm lands have
besa taken, there are still ieft hundreds
Of thousands Of acres but little inferior
OF less 20 be desired. The
landseeker wall simply have 70 90 far
theF. nearer the maEntAiEs. away from
tue larger tsvers. iato the timber. He
sin there gsg land for toe taking which
~ Tee years, with the opening Of wagon
roads and tie bai ding OF railroads.
AIDED By such improvements - be may
pat np0n u, via be SoEth $40, $50 and
So an sers. he viii m4ke his living
and more % the land. while TIE rise 10
| value vii make him independently
roh.
Use infaFior wAteg courses Of the
coGBtx have l0ag been nsFieated By
sleAmefs AID bsr9es, and trails OF
mnoA uagnitR3e batlt Hp fo1F
sssauers ply the waters II Lake Wash
iaSion add one Lake unt0n- A n1@-
osf o. boats trregalAFly EGn uPoa the
nv ~
o. tie lskes tee people zre peculiarly
pEOsA Union Lake Is N toSn,S ths !
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inclcde one third ths lsaEth % TIE lake /
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inetoa, Via ice pFaspect thai many /
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